Technology Home
Welcome to the Technology Office for the Norton Public Schools
Our focus is to support teaching and learning with technology throughout the district. We are working to redefine and transform the way students learn and communicate by promoting innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
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IncidentIQ is the new platform we have in place for submitting tech support requests. Visit https://norton.incidentiq.com/login and choose Google SSO to login with your NPS Google account. We hope you find it more user friendly when you need tech support.
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Norton Public Schools is currently providing email access to all students in grades K-12. Students in grades K-8 have internal only emails meaning they can only email others within the Norton Public Schools. Students in grades 9-12 may email outside of the NPS community.
We believe email can enhance communication between students and teachers surrounding assignments and class expectations. NPS email accounts are a privilege. All accounts are monitored for appropriate use and may be suspended if activity is found to be in violation of the District's Acceptable Use Policy.
Students have access to their school email accounts by logging into Gmail using their school issued login. All accounts end with @norton.k12.ma.us Students should use the same username and password used for Google Drive and Docs.
Please contact the technology department with any questions.
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Norton Public Schools has been working with the Massachusetts Student Privacy Alliance (MSPA) to develop a standardized data privacy agreement for all vendors that store any student information with personally identifiable information (PII)
The Data Privacy Agreement requires all vendors to:
- Ensure industry best practices are being followed with respect to data privacy and data security.
- Provide the school district the right to audit the vendor for compliance.
- Not resell or use student information for any other purpose than the service it was intended.
- Provide the school district notification of a data breach, if one should occur, within a specific time frame.
- Ensure the school district retains ownership of all student data regardless of where the data resides.
- Follow the laws protecting students rights for data privacy - CIPA, COPPA, FERPA and PPRA.
- Norton Public Schools are working closely with The Education Cooperative (TEC) to facilitate the execution of these data privacy agreements with all vendors. TEC represents a number of school districts across Massachusetts concerned with student data privacy. Utilizing TEC's partnership with other school districts puts us in a stronger position when negotiating contract terms than going it alone and sends vendors a strong message that data privacy is an important issue we need to work on together to solve.
Visit the online digital resources database which lists vetted resources for educational and privacy protections.
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- Dangerous Apps for Kids: What Parents Need to Know
- How to use Parental Controls to Keep Your Kids Safer Online
- Chatting With Your Kids About Being Online Great downloadable resource for families
- PBS Kids Online For Parents
- Stay Safe Online
- FCC's Lifeline Program
- Internet Essentials for families and students that qualify, Xfinity offers $14.95/mo. internet access and $149.99 computer purchase
- Kids, Parents and Video Games Ratings & parental controls can help you learn about the games your kids want to play and help you make sure they’re playing according to your rules.
- Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab Family Guide to Digital Citizenship
- LGBTQ cyberbullying: A guide for parents and educators
- MARC Resources for Parents/Guardians Bullying and Cyberbullying resources for parents from the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University
- Protecting Kids Online A great site from the Federal Trade Commission that contains information on all things related to staying safe online.
- The Joan Ganz Cooney Center The Joan Ganz Cooney Center focuses on the challenges of educating children in a rapidly changing media landscape.
- How Websites and Apps Collect and Use Your Information Great resource from the Federal Trade Commission